Andrew Fitzgerald - C - Brewester Academy - Baltimore, MD - OKLAHOMA

Fitzgerald May Wait To Sign

August 28, 2008

by Justin Young, Rivals.com

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Baltimore big man Andrew Fitzgerald is packing his bags and headed to Brewster Academy in New Hampshire for his senior season.

The 6-foot-9, 245-pound center is ready for the challenge and ready to mold himself into a better basketball player that can contribute right away at the college level.

"I'm always the focus of the other team's defense. I wanted to go up there to New Hampshire where I'll be playing with and against other Division I players. It's going to get me ready for college. Playing against those guys, it's going to be much better. It's going to be like college. I want to be a missing piece to someone's puzzle."

The four-star center said he is looking forward to improving his game this season as well as preparing himself for the next level on and off the court.

A number of college programs are hoping to add Fitzgerald to their respective basketball family.

Oklahoma, Xavier, St. John's, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, California, Louisville, Tennessee, Marquette and Kentucky are all "showing a lot of interest," he says.

Fitzgerald said he will officially visit Louisville on Oct. 19. He said he will visit Oklahoma after his trip to Louisville. Fitzgerald also said he will visit Xavier and Seton Hall in January during the basketball season.

Visiting during the college season also means Fitzgerald wants to sign in the spring and not the fall.

"Playing time is on the top of my list of things I want to find in a school. I don't want to go to a school where I'm going to be sitting down for like two years and play a lot my junior year for the first time. I don't want to be in that sort of situation," he said.

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He's gotten a lot of attention:

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Team Melo big man Andrew Fitzgerald doesn't run the floor all that well, but when he gets the ball on the block with a chance to score, he can do it with the best of them. Team Melo rallied from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the SYF Players in overtime. In the game Fitzgerald had 19 points and several key blocked shots during the extra period.

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Andrew Fitzgerald is headed to Oklahoma.

Andrew Fitzgerald, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound center from Wolfeboro (N.H.) Brewster Academy, ended his recruitment on Sunday night.

The Baltimore, Md., native visited Oklahoma over the weekend and decided to join the program before making it back to New England, according to his high school coach Jason Smith.

"Just getting in there on my visit, I felt very welcome at Oklahoma," Fitzgerald said. "I felt very comfortable with the players and coaching staff. I think I just fit with their style of play really."

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Andrew Fitzgerald is headed to Oklahoma.

Andrew Fitzgerald, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound center from Wolfeboro (N.H.) Brewster Academy, ended his recruitment on Sunday night.

The Baltimore, Md., native visited Oklahoma over the weekend and decided to join the program before making it back to New England, according to his high school coach Jason Smith.

"Just getting in there on my visit, I felt very welcome at Oklahoma," Fitzgerald said. "I felt very comfortable with the players and coaching staff. I think I just fit with their style of play really."

Even though he's just 33, Capel is a good recruiter and coach. He loaded up VCU [Eric Maynor] before he took the OU job-where he's landed Blake Griffin and Willie Warren in consecutive years.
Fitzgerald and Mason-Griffin are solid pickups for them.

and the beat goes on.

and the beat goes on.

LOL the kid didn't come for a visit and who knows how much interest we had in him. Lets not make it out to be we lost out on another recruit deal. Thats simply unfair.

may be unfair...but you don't see a pattern here?

may be unfair...but you don't see a pattern here?

and the beat goes on..